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Foreign Legal Consultant

Subject: Law
Program title: Degree Revalidation for foreign lawyers, international lawyers, and Foreign Legal Consultants (FLC)
Limited Access: Yes

Contact: Dr. Humberto H. Pachecker
Address: 3200 US Highway 27 South, Suite #302
Sebring, FL 33870 Telephone: (863) 345-0618
Email: hhpachecker@nafalaw.com

Program Description
The National Association for Foreign Attorneys (NAFA Law Association) has continually advocated for the reciprocity rule since 1992 when The Florida Supreme Court agreed to review the proposal for admission to the practice of law through reciprocity for foreign attorneys known as Chapter 16 - Foreign Legal Consultant. Reciprocity is the mutual exchange of privileges between states, nations, companies or individuals for commercial or diplomatic purposes.

A registered foreign legal consultant (FLC) is an attorney or legal advisor (or equivalent) licensed in another country who has received special certification from the State Supreme Court and the State Bar to represent to a client in their respective state. A foreign legal consultant may practice law on a limited basis in the United States. This includes Pro Hac Vice admission, administrative admission rules, and admission as in-house counsel advising a business or corporation in a particular field of state business law, or coordinating with outside counsel on litigation matters. E.g. See Florida Bar Admission Rules Chapter 16 - Chapter 17, Florida Supreme Court.

Following the Federal Code Title 8 CFR §292.1(a) 1 - 3, which means that, “Any lawyer – any person who is eligible to practice law in, and is a member in good standing of, any court, the supreme court of any state, any territory” or the Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and is not under any order to suspend, sanction, restrict, or otherwise prohibit him from the practice of law.”

In other words, what Title 8 CFR §292.1(a) 1 - 3 also means. Foreign attorneys can practice immigration law as an attorney under the condition that: if herementioned attorney is NOT certified in the US, by any supreme court, then they can only represent citizens of their country (the country of origin of the lawyer) and, at the time the client hires their services, said client is in the lawyer's country. The client, at the time of hiring, CANNOT be within the United States when beginning contract of legal services of mentioned lawyer.

Furthermore, following this rule applies very well to attorneys certified in any state of the United States as an FLC foreign law consultant, once they have been admitted by a state supreme court and by any state bar association, are then forthwith a member of the international law section of the FLC.

A (third) analysis, following the Savitt precedent, applies to lawyers certified in some US state, as a foreign law consultant, FLC, when they are associated with local lawyers who enter into a reciprocal agreement following the principles of Savitt.

Admission Requirements

These graduate level programs are only available to candidates who have completed a law degree and graduated outside of the United States.

For more detailed information, visit our Certification section.

Very important reminder, that an English proficiency exam is required for admission to this program, however, the LSAT exam is not required. Application for student financial aid to pay for study expenses - visit our Scholarships page.

Program Requirements

Subject	Begin	End
Constitutional Law	Summer A 2024	Summer B 2024
Immigration Law	Summer A 2024	Summer B 2024
Legal English Terminology	Summer A 2024	Summer B 2024
Family Law	Summer A 2024	Summer B 2024

Consult with our staff to receive more information about your study programme options to review qualifications. Weekly attendance and admission receipt and monthly payment or financial commitment is required after enrollment, to remain in the program.

Duration of Program
12 months

Delivery Method
In person or online via Microsoft Teams or Zoom apps

Program Cost
Dependent on the options available to member, but up to 12,600.00 USD total

Scholarships Available
Refer to this page for more information

Employment information
Salary Information: For more information, visit the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) www.naceweb.org or the O*NET OnLine directory www.onetonline.org, provided by the Department of Labor (DOL).

Representative job titles related to this academic program: International Lawyer, Foreign Legal Consultant, International Consultant, Legal Arbitrator, Council, Lawyer, Legal Advisor, Business Manager.

Employment Opportunities: Law firms, international trade firms, global corporations, large insurance companies, legislators, legal malpractice or malpractice firms, non-profit organizations (NGOs), global business firms, Consumer Products Companies, Manufacturers or Distributors, Suppliers, Industrial Marketers, Banks and Brokerage Firms.

Site Resource
1. Why we- USA, needs foreign attorneys here in any case? – ¿Por qué nosotros, EE.UU., necesitamos abogada/os extranjeros aquí en cualquier caso? Español – English | NAFA Law. www.nafalaw.com. Recuperado en 2018-08-22.